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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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